diff --git a/archiva-modules/metadata/metadata-repository-api/src/test/java/org/apache/archiva/metadata/repository/AbstractMetadataRepositoryTest.java b/archiva-modules/metadata/metadata-repository-api/src/test/java/org/apache/archiva/metadata/repository/AbstractMetadataRepositoryTest.java
index e359c0c74..abc3e9384 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/metadata/metadata-repository-api/src/test/java/org/apache/archiva/metadata/repository/AbstractMetadataRepositoryTest.java
+++ b/archiva-modules/metadata/metadata-repository-api/src/test/java/org/apache/archiva/metadata/repository/AbstractMetadataRepositoryTest.java
@@ -1265,7 +1265,9 @@ public abstract class AbstractMetadataRepositoryTest
 
         repository.removeProject( TEST_REPO_ID, TEST_NAMESPACE, TEST_PROJECT );
 
-        assertEquals( 0, repository.getProjectVersions( TEST_REPO_ID, TEST_NAMESPACE, TEST_PROJECT ).size() );
+        Collection<String> versions = repository.getProjectVersions( TEST_REPO_ID, TEST_NAMESPACE, TEST_PROJECT );
+
+        Assertions.assertThat( versions ).isNotNull().isEmpty();
     }